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1
U.S. History Top 100
  • What every student should know to pass the U.S.
    History EOC
  • Goals 7-12

2
Goal 7 The Progressive Movement (1890-1914)
  • The learner will analyze the economic, political,
    and social reforms of the Progressive Period.

3
Causes of Progressivism
  • Ineffectiveness of government
  • Poor working conditions
  • Emergence of Social Gospel
  • Unequal distribution of wealth
  • Immigration
  • Urban poor
  • Corruption

4
Progressive Party Platform
  • The platform called for women's suffrage, recall
    of judicial decisions, easier amendment of the
    U.S. Constitution, social welfare legislation for
    women and children, workers' compensation,
    limited injunctions in strikes, farm relief,
    revision of banking to assure an elastic
    currency.

5
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911
  • A fire in New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company
    killed 146 people, mostly women. The doors were
    locked and the windows were too high for them to
    get to the ground. Highlighted the poor working
    conditions and led to federal regulations to
    protect workers.

6
Muckrakers
  • Journalists who searched for and publicized real
    or alleged acts of corruption of public
    officials, businessmen.

Important Muckrakers and their works Upton
Sinclair-The Jungle Jacob Riis-How the other half
lives Ida Tarbell- The History of Standard
Oil Lincoln Steffens- The Shame of the Cities
7
Robert LaFollette
  • Political leader who believed in libertarian
    reforms, he was a major leader of the Progressive
    movement from Wisconsin.

8
Federal Reserve Act, 1913
  • Regulated banking to help small banks stay in
    business. A move away from laissez-faire
    policies, it was passed by Wilson.

9
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1886
  • The Supreme Court ruled against Plessy, saying
    that segregated facilities for whites and blacks
    were legal as long as the facilities were of
    equal quality.

10
Disenfranchisement
  • The Mississippi supreme court ruled that poll
    taxes and literacy tests, which took away blacks'
    right to vote (a practice known as
    "disenfranchisement"), were legal.

11
Booker T. Washington
  • Washington believed that African Americans had to
    achieve economic independence before civil
    rights. In 1881, he founded the first formal
    school for blacks, the Tuskegee Institute.

12
W.E.B. DuBois
  • DuBois believed that black Americans had to
    demand their social and civil rights or else
    become permanent victims of racism. Helped found
    the NAACP. He disagreed with Booker T.
    Washington's theories.

13
New Marketing Techniques
  • Advertising
  • Mail order catalogs
  • Consumerism

14
Goal 8 The Great War and Its Aftermath
(1914-1930)
  • The learner will analyze United States
    involvement in World War I and the wars
    influence on international affairs during the
    1920s.

15
U.S. - Neutrality to Involvement
  • May 1915 U-boats sink the Lusitania
  • Sept. 1915 Germany promises not to sink unarmed
    ships
  • March 1916 Germany sinks the Sussex
  • May 1916 Germany promises not to sink unarmed
    ships
  • Jan. 1917 Zimmerman note is intercepted
  • Feb. 1917 Germany resumes unrestricted
    submarine warfare
  • April 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany

16
Russian Revolution, 1917
  • Instituted a Communist government lead by the
    Bolshevik party under Lenin. Lenin pulled Russia
    out of WWI.

17
Fourteen Points, 1918
  • Wilson's idea that he wanted included in the WWI
    peace treaty, including freedom of the seas and
    the League of Nations.

18
League of Nations, 1919
  • Devised by President Wilson, it comprised of
    delegates from many countries, the U.S. did not
    join. It was designed to be run by a council of
    the five largest countries. It also included a
    provision for a world court.

19
Eugene V. Debs
  • Debs repeatedly ran for president as a socialist,
    he was imprisoned after he gave a speech
    protesting WWI in violation of the Sedition Act.

20
Schenck v. U.S., 1919
  • United States Supreme Court decision concerning
    the question of whether the defendant possessed a
    First Amendment right to free speech against the
    draft during World War I. During wartime,
    utterances tolerable in peacetime can be
    punished.

21
Sacco and Vanzetti
  • Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants
    charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe
    factory.
  • Convicted on circumstantial evidence, many
    believed they had been framed for the crime
    because of their anarchist and pro-union
    activities.

22
Goal 9 Prosperity and Depression (1919-1939)
  • The learner will appraise the economic, social,
    and political changes of the decades of The
    Twenties and The Thirties.

23
Assembly Line
  • Arrangement of equipment and workers in which
    work passes from operation to operation in a
    direct line until the product is assembled.

24
Impact of Mass Media
  • Radio
  • Marketing
  • Advertising
  • Jazz
  • Silent talkie films
  • The Jazz Singer
  • Fireside Chats

25
Lost Generation
  • Writer Gertrude Stein told Hemingway, "You are
    all a lost generation," referring to the many
    restless young writers who gathered in Paris
    after WW I. They thought the U.S. was
    materialistic and they criticized conformity.

26
Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes
  • Hughes was a gifted writer who wrote humorous
    poems, stories, essays and poetry. Harlem was a
    center for black writers, musicians, and
    intellectuals.

27
Flappers, 1920s
  • Women started wearing short skirts and bobbed
    hair, and had more sexual freedom. They began to
    abandon traditional female roles and take jobs
    usually reserved for men.

28
Fundamentalism
  • Movement or attitude stressing strict and literal
    adherence to a set of basic principles.

29
Scopes Trial, 1925
  • Prosecution of school teacher, John Scopes, for
    violation of a Tennessee law forbidding public
    schools from teaching about evolution. Scopes was
    convicted and fined 100, but the trial started a
    shift of public opinion away from Fundamentalism.

30
Stock Market Crash, 1929
  • On October 24, 1929, panic selling occurred as
    investors realized the stock boom had been an
    over inflated bubble. Margin investors were being
    decimated as every stock holder tried to
    liquidate. Millionaire margin investors became
    bankrupt instantly, as the stock market crashed
    on October 28 and 29.

31
Dust Bowl, 1930s
  • A series of catastrophic dust storms caused major
    ecological and agricultural damage to American
    prairie lands in the 1930s, caused by decades of
    inappropriate farming techniques.

32
Bonus Army, 1932
  • Facing the financial crisis of the Depression, WW
    I veterans asked Congress to pay their retirement
    bonuses early. Congress considered a bill, but it
    was not approved. Angry veterans marched on
    Washington, D.C., and Hoover called in the army.

33
Bank Failures
  • During the first 10 months of 1930, 744 banks
    failed. In all, 9,000 banks failed during the
    decade of the 1930s. By 1933, depositors saw 140
    billion disappear through bank failures.

34
Causes of Great Depression
  • Much debt, stock prices spiraling up,
    over-production and under-consuming, the stock
    market crashed. Germany's default on reparations
    caused European bank failures, which spread to
    the U.S.

35
New Deal Agencies
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  • Public Works Administration (PWA)
  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

36
Long Term Effects of New Deal Programs
  • Expansion of the role of federal government
  • Government responsibility for the welfare of its
    citizens
  • Expanding government role in the economy
  • Deficit spending

37
Goal 10 World War II and the Beginning of the
Cold War (1930s-1963)
  • The learner will analyze United States
    involvement in World War II and the wars
    influence on international affairs in following
    decades.

38
Lend-lease Act, 1941
  • Authorized the president to transfer, lend, or
    lease any article of defense equipment to any
    government whose defense was deemed vital to the
    defense of the U.S. Allowed the U.S. to send
    supplies and ammunition to the Allies.

39
Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
  • Surprise attack by Japanese on U.S. Pacific Fleet
    harbored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The U.S.
    declared war on Japan and Germany, entering World
    War II.

40
D-Day, June 6, 1944
  • Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the
    largest invasion force in history) stormed the
    beaches at Normandy and began the process of
    re-taking France. The turning point of World War
    II.

41
War Posters
  • The radio, print, and film industries reminded
    Americans that they were in a struggle between
    dictatorship and democracy.

42
Rosie the Riveter
  • Women found jobs, especially in heavy industry,
    that fell outside the traditional realm of
    womens work.

43
Korematsu v. U.S., 1944
  • Upheld the U.S. government's decision to put
    Japanese-Americans in internment camps during
    World War II.

44
G.I. Bill, 1944
  • Servicemen's Readjustment Act, also called the
    G.I. Bill of Rights. Granted 13 billion in aid
    for former servicemen, ranging from educational
    grants to housing and other services to assist
    with the readjustment to society.

45
Marshall Plan, 1947
  • Introduced by Secretary of State George G.
    Marshall, he proposed massive economic aid to
    Europe to revitalize the European economies after
    WWII and help prevent the spread of Communism.

46
Korean War, 1950
  • On June 25, 1950, the Communist North invaded the
    Democratic South. The United Nations created an
    international army, lead by the U.S. to fight for
    the South and China joined the war on the side of
    North Korea. This was the first time the United
    Nations had intervened militarily.

47
Post-war Organizations
  • United Nations, 1945 - Founded after WWII by
    victorious Allied Powers to intervene in
    conflicts between nations and avoid war.
  • NATO, 1949 - The member nations agreed to fight
    for each other if attacked. It is an
    international military force.
  • SEATO, 1954 - Alliance of non-Communist Asian
    nations modeled after NATO. Unlike NATO, it
    didn't establish a military force.

48
Containment, George F. Keenan
  • A member of the State Department, he felt that
    the best way to keep Communism out of Europe was
    to confront the Russians wherever they tried to
    spread their power.

49
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  • After discovering the Russians were building
    nuclear missile launch sites in Cuba, the U.S.
    announced a quarantine of Cuba. After six days of
    confrontation that almost led to nuclear war,
    Khrushchev agreed to dismantle the launch sites.

50
Goal 11 Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil
(1945-1980)
  • The learner will trace economic, political, and
    social developments and assess their significance
    for the lives of Americans during this time
    period.

51
McCarthyism, 1950-1953
  • Senator who began sensational campaign by
    asserting that the U.S. State Department had been
    infiltrated by Communists. He accused the Army of
    covering up foreign espionage. The Army-McCarthy
    Hearings made McCarthy look so foolish that
    further investigations were halted.

52
Domino Theory, 1957
  • It stated that if one country fell to Communism,
    it would undermine another and that one would
    fall, producing a domino effect.

53
Sputnik, 1957
  • The first artificial satellite sent into space,
    launched by the Soviets.

54
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
  • The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson,
    declared that racially segregated facilities are
    inherently unequal and ordered all public schools
    desegregated.

55
Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • The leader of the Civil Rights Movement and
    President of the Southern Christian Leadership
    Conference, promoted non-violent protest.

56
Malcolm X
  • Malcolm X expressed the feelings of many African
    American activists who had grown impatient with
    Kings nonviolent methods. Malcolm X preached a
    message of self-reliance and self-determination.

57
Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan, 1963
  • Depicted how difficult a woman's life is because
    she doesn't think about herself, only her family.
    It said that middle-class society stifled women
    and didn't let them use their talents. Attacked
    the "cult of domesticity."

58
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
  • After a U.S. Navy ship reportedly was fired on,
    Congress passed this resolution which gave the
    president power to send troops to Vietnam to
    protect against further North Vietnamese
    aggression.

59
My Lai Incident, 1968
  • An American unit destroyed the village of My Lai,
    killing many women and children. The incident was
    not revealed to the public until 20 months later.

60
War Powers Act, 1973
  • Gave any president the power to go to war under
    certain circumstances, but required that he could
    only do so for 90 days before being required to
    officially bring the matter before Congress.

61
Détente
  • A lessening of tensions between U.S. and Soviet
    Union and China. Besides disarming missiles to
    insure a lasting peace between superpowers, Nixon
    pressed for trade relations and a limited
    military budget.

62
Watergate Scandal, 1972-1974
  • In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into
    the Democratic National Committee's executive
    quarters in the Watergate Hotel. Nixon admitted
    to complicity in the burglary. In 1974, as
    Nixon's impeachment began, he resigned.

63
Cesar Chavez
  • Non-violent leader of the United Farm Workers
    from 1963-1970. Organized laborers in California
    and in the Southwest to strike against fruit and
    vegetable growers. Unionized Mexican-American
    farm workers.

64
Goal 12 The United States since the Vietnam War
(1973-present)
  • The learner will identify and analyze trends in
    domestic and foreign affairs of the United States
    during this time period.

65
Camp David Accords, 1978
  • Peace talks between Egypt and Israel mediated by
    President Carter.

66
Title IX, 1972
  • "No person in the United States shall, on the
    basis of sex, be excluded from participation in,
    be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
    discrimination under any education program or
    activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

67
Affirmative Action
  • Policy that gives special consideration to women
    and minorities to make up for past discrimination.

68
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke,
1978
  • Barred colleges from admitting students solely on
    the basis of race, but allowed them to include
    race along with other considerations when
    deciding which students to admit.

69
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1992
  • The North American Free Trade Area is the trade
    bloc created by the North American Free Trade
    Agreement (NAFTA), whose members are Canada,
    Mexico and the United States.

70
Election of 2000
  • In the presidential election of 2000 Republican
    George W. Bush was elected over Democrat Al Gore
    in one of the closest and most controversial
    presidential elections in the history of the
    United States.

71
September 11, 2001
  • The September 11, 2001 attacks consisted of a
    series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks
    by Islamic extremists on the United States on
    September 11, 2001.

72
No Child Left Behind, 2002
  • President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind
    Act. The law helps schools improve by focusing on
    accountability for results, freedom for states
    and communities, proven education methods, and
    choices for parents.
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